Fishing line attachment



5B- worden Aug. 10, 1943.

R. B. woRDN FISHING LINE ATTACHMENT Filed Oct. 2, 1941 Patented Aug.1o,1943

Y Y Application This invention' relates to line'attachments such as shing iioats, bobbers andsinkers, and it is an object ofthe invention to provide a device of this kind so constructed that it is self-adjusting when in use in 'order to permit any desired amount of lline tor be let down orto allow'release ofthe attachment. Y -v Y It is also an object of the invention to provide a device of this kind including a, means for locking the iioai-l o'r bobber to the line and which means is effective only'when'the float or bobber in the water or which is releasedwhen a.strik/ ing fish hits a lure. f

The invention. consists in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved attachment whereby certain important advantages are attained, as will be hereinafter more fully set with the line L. As soon as Ythe* line L stopsA ure 2 with the bead in release position with re-Y spect to the line.

Figure 4 is an elevational View illustrating another embodiment of my invention.

Figure 5 is an enlarged detailed sectional View taken substantially on the lineV 5-5 of Figure 4, and

Figure 6 is a View somewhat similar to Figure fi but showing the attachment or sinker in a second position upon the line.

In the embodiment of the invention as illustrated in Figures 1, 2 and 3, I denotes a iioat or bobber which may be made of wood or plastics or such other material as may be preferred and which has disposed axially therethrough an opening 2. This opening 2 has its lower portion a outwardly flared toward the lower or bottom end of the iloat whereby an elongated chamber 3 is provided, the inner portion of which being restricted.

Snugly fitted in the outer or lower Yextremity Y of this chamber 3 is a plug or stopper 4 and dis-l posed axially through this plug or stopper is an opening 5 which is in alinement with a p0rotber 2,1941, ser/iai No. .413,370 1 s'ciaims. (01.43.49)

tion ofv the opening 2 fatl the of the float'or bobber I. v

Within the chamber r3 is the Yfreely movable bead 6 of wood or other'buoyant material. VThis beadS is preferablyfsphericalj- 1 vtop orF upper l' end The shing line VLi'is freelyinserted through the opening 2 of the float or bobb'er'Iand through the opening 5 is the plug or' stopper 4 whereby the Viioat or bobber Ihasdunhindered movement lengthwise-of the line L. `The float or bobber I is also, of course,v abovethe usual weight l and a snell 8. In the accompanying.drawingg'onlyY one snell is shown but it is to be understood 'that as many .as-,desired may be employed,l itfbeingv only required that the oat or bobber I be thereabove on the lineL.

In practice, as the weightV I with the baited snell or snells B are descending, the bead Ii will be within the loweror larger portion of the cham-` ber 3 and free of holding or clamping contact going downwardytheb'ead 6 floats up and as pull is imposed uponthe line L by the fisherman, the f bead 6 will roll up into the restricted portion voi the chamber 3 and lock or clamp thevoat or bobber I to the line L by pressing the portion of the line L within the opening 2 against the tapered wall of the opening y7i. After a strike, the struggling iish will suiiiciently agitate the line L to release the beadG from clamping engagement with the'line L and whereupon the float or bobber I will drop down or moveto a position close to the sinker 1.

With the use of my improved iioat or bobber, it is preferred that when the cast ismade the floatV orbobber be at a lowered position on Lthe line L. When the float kor bobber I is on Ythe water any amount-of lineL can be let down.

In the embodiment of the invention as illustrated in Figures 4, 5 and 6, the iishing lineF has attached thereto in the usual manner a lure 9 of any type preferred. 'I'he line Fis disposed through a sinker S and, as herein disclosed, this sinker is of desired dimensions and Vweight and comprises a cylindrical hollow body I0 having a conoidal end portion II, the apex of which is disposed inwardly or upwardly with respect to Aopposite or larger end of the body III is closed by i a plug I4. This plug I4, at its axial center, is'A provided with an opening I5 through which the line F isdirected. As illustrated in the accompanying drawing, it is to be noted that the wall of the opening l5 through the plug i4 is outwardly flared. Freely arranged within the sinker S is a spherical bead I5 and which bead, when it extends withinthe conoidal portion Il of the sinker, serves to clamp the sinker to the line F,

as is clearly illustrated in Figure 5 of the drawing. Y

In practice, the sinker S is .positioned upon the line F a considerable distance inwardly of or above the lure 9 and the weight of the sinker S or the natural tendency of the sinker S to move Y downwardly along the line F will lock the sinker in proper position upon the line. Howevenwhen the fish strikes, the resultant sudden jerk ,re-

leases the bead I5 `allowing the sinker S to slide*` down the line to a point immediatelyadjacent to the lure 9, as illustrated in Figure thusrfa-A t cilitating the fisherman reeling in the line and landingrthe sh. Itis believedatu belanparent' from the drawing that the harde! thepuli.. for.- wardon the sinken. the tighten it; lockarand it can Only become unlcelred--whnr nulledkfrom the rear or bclowl as'by the striking-ash. o

From the foregoing; description itis thought to be obvious that a float orbobber constructed in accordance, with' myf invention particularly well adaptedfor use by reason. of the conven leuca and facility with whichlit; may bei assem.-

bledandonerated, 1 Y I'claima member having an opening therethrough through which the line is to be freely passed, a portion of said opening Within the member being enlarged to provide a chamber having a tapered Wall with the larger end of the chamber outwardly disposed, and a buoyant bead within the chamber to provide means to lock the line between the bead and the tapered wall.

f 2. An attachment for a iishing line comprising aY member having an opening therethrough through which the line is to be freely passed, a portion of said opening within the member being enlarged to provide a chamber having a, tapered wall with the larger end of the chamber outwardly disposed, and a buoyant bead within the ychamber .to provide means to lock the line between'the bead and the tapered Wall, said bead being. spherical.

.is also believed. tobe'apparexitfthnt theA suikers Y AD. attachment for a fishing line comprising a member having an opening therethrough through which the line is to be freely passed, a portion of said opening Withinv the member beinglenlarged torprovide a chamber having 4a taperedv wall with the larger endcf the chamber koutwardly disposedv and a buoyant, beadk within the chamber to provide means to locky the line between the bead andthe taperedwall, the chamber being at the lowert end portion of the mem- I 1. Ari attachmentid a shing lin-ecomprising ber-and opening out through the-lower end, and a'plug for closing the .outer end. portion of the chamber, said. plugV having anopening. therethrough for the passage of theline.

1 R. B. WORDEN; 

